James Collins (Boston University)

James J. Collins (June 26, 1965) is an American bioengineer, Professor of Biomedical Engineering at Boston University, and a Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) Investigator. He is one of the founders of the emerging field of synthetic biology, and a pioneering researcher in systems biology, having made fundamental discoveries regarding the actions of antibiotics and the emergence of resistance.

Biography

Collins received a bachelor's degree in Physics (summa cum laude; class valedictorian) from the College of the Holy Cross in 1987 and a doctorate in Medical Engineering from the University of Oxford in 1990. From 1987 to 1990, he was a Rhodes Scholar. Since 1990, he has been a faculty member in the Department of Biomedical Engineering at Boston University. Currently, Collins is a , a University Professor, Professor of Biomedical Engineering, and Co-Director of the at Boston University. He is also a core founding faculty member of the at Harvard University and a Visiting Professor in the Department of Systems Biology at Harvard Medical School.

Collins' scientific accomplishments have been recognized by numerous awards, including the , the , the , the from the CRT Foundation in Italy, and being selected for Technology Review's inaugural TR100 - 100 young innovators who will shape the future of technology - and the Scientific American 50 - the top 50 outstanding...
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